Professor Nathaniel P Massa _____________________________________________
Department of Business & Enterprise Management Faculty of Economics, Management & Accountancy University of Malta
Professor Massa is resident senior faculty at the Department Business & Enterprise Management at the Faculty of Economics, Management & Accountancy of the University of Malta – where he also co-coordinates the faculty's International MBA programme. Previously Council-appointed founding member, he is currently appointed by Senate on the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation’s Board at the same university. A researcher associated with the Community for Internationalisation and Enterprise Research (CIER) at the Adam Smith Business School of the University of Glasgow – he also held membership at the Academy of International Business (AIB), USA, and the British Academy of Management (BAM), UK.
Nathaniel holds a PhD in International Business and Management from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, UK. Prior, he read for a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Management and Banking and Finance at the University of Malta; and graduated with an MBA from Henley Business School, UK.
An invited reviewer on Elsevier’s European Management Journal and Springer’s Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Professor Massa’s key research interests include strategy, international business and international entrepreneurship – particularly in respect of knowledge absorption and exploitation, dynamic capabilities and the leverage of intangible resources towards innovation and sustained competitive advantage. Other interests include opportunity recognition, sustainability and family business research.
Nathaniel lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at the University of Malta and internationally in the fields of strategy, international business, innovation and entrepreneurship, and organisational behaviour – including corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethics in business. Spanning academia and industry through consultancy assignments in public and private sectors, he has been engaged in expert involvement on international EU projects. He is actively involved in executive training programmes for managers and practitioners in business and industry.
He has presented his research and contributed at various international conferences and colloquia, and has been invited to give workshops and deliver lectures at foreign universities. Nathaniel’s research-related and professional international exposure includes Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Strategy, Strategic Management and Dynamic Capability
International Entrepreneurship, International Business Strategy and Small Firm Internationalisation
Entrepreneurship, Opportunity Recognition and Innovation
Knowledge Absorptive Capacity, Organisational Learning and Intellectual Capital
- MCA Conference: ZEST - Digital Business. 06/2016
- Global Innovation Index 2015 (by invitation). Westminster, London, 09/2015. (Cornell / INSEAD / WIPO). In relation with research collaboration with SUNY, New York.
- EY Exceptional Entrepreneurs: Jeff Lynn, Seedrs CEO & Founder. Malta Chamber of Commerce, 08/2015.
- MCA Conference, DISRUPT STARTUP. Intercontinental Hotel, Malta, 07/2015.
- Young Business Entrepreneurs (YBE) (by invitation). Delivered SCALE-UP6 workshop: 'Business Planning for Startups'. Microsoft Innovation Centre, 03/2015.
- MITA Innovation Hub & IBM conference, 'Enabling Ideas through the Cloud'. SmartCity Malta, 06/2014.
- Isis Innovation (Oxford University) / CEBI seminar, 'Can Lawyers Facilitate Innovation?', Open Innovation, Licencing & Start-ups. Malta, 06/2014.
- EISAM 'Consortium on Doctoral Supervision & the New Global Research Landscape'. Barcelona, Spain, 01/2014.
- EuroMed Research Business Institute - Academy of Business, 'Confronting Contemporary Business Challenges through Management Innovation'. Estoril, Portugal, 09/2013.
- Asia-Pacific CEO summit (by invitation): 2nd International Culture Industry Summit. Lanzhou, China / 3rd Global Economic Leaders Summit. Changchun, China 09/2013.
- UM Department of Management seminar, 'Leveraging Brainpower for Business Success'. In collaboration with Malta Chamber of Commerce & US Embassy. Malta, 10/2012.
- EuroMed Research Business Institute - Academy of Business, 'Building New Business Models for Success through Competitiveness & Responsibility'. Glion-Montreux, Switzerland, 10/2012.
- FRONTEX. Academic subject expert. Programme development 'European Joint Masters in Strategic Border Management' project. Finland, Romania, Estonia, Malta, 2012-2013
- Organised 1st faculty (FEMA) EU Opinion Multiplier visit & tailored seminars at EU Parliament, EU Commission, EU Council and Malta's Permanent Representation in Brussels. Led meetings with EU Commissioner, MEPs and HE Ambassador. Brussels, Belgium, 10/2012.
